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The Visitor's Perspective
There’s a lot of talk lately about parking, whether it’s new no-parking developments on SE Division St. as we mentioned recently, occupying parking spaces with the newly debuted “street seats”, or claims that the car is the “most dangerous invention in the world”. Whatever your personal opinion it is a fact that we have to … Continue reading
The Game of Urban Renewal
On Architizer, a post caught my attention – the The Game of Urban Renewal was developed by Toronto artist Flavio Trevisan created what I assume is an earnest social statement with this simple board game, “…which can go on infinitely with any number of players, simulates the fate of Toronto’s Regent Park neighborhood, an intense locus … Continue reading
Livability, but would you want to live there?
A poll from Gallup Wellbeing uses a range of metrics to delineate the ‘Best US State for Future Livability’, which is of course a very broad categorization, but interesting nonetheless. The top ten states in the rankings: Compare this to the bottom rankings: Perhaps not all of your top picks on where to live, or … Continue reading
Annotated Bibliography – 07.30.12
There a lot of information out there related to aspects of urbanism in its many facets, so in the spirit of academia, a feature here at THINK.urban will be to regularly compile and summarize some recent articles, posts, and other resources. These are brief elements that don’t get their own post, but are interesting reading … Continue reading
Accelerated Blogging
Things have been quiet here at THINK.urban, as we enjoy summer, vacations, Katrina plans for her wedding, and we continue work on the fun tasks of getting our application for non-profit status, recruiting our advisory board and all that entails. We have also taken some fun and informative summer trips, so stay tuned for highlights … Continue reading
Square Pegs & Round Holes
A conversation that permeates any discipline involved in the social sciences is how to evaluate the rigor of research as ‘science’. There’s a ton of baggage related to this, particularly when compared to ‘hard’ sciences and the traditional theory > hypothesis > testing mode of deductive reasoning. A recent short article, “Overcoming ‘Physics Envy’” … Continue reading
GOOD Video: Building a Bike Highway
Check it out! The video is now live at GOOD Ideas for Cities, with a nice intro from Alissa Walker: “Portland is famous for its vibrant biking culture, but the city’s infrastructure hasn’t caught up with the number of bikers on the streets. How do we create bikeways that will not only protect current cyclists, … Continue reading
GOOD Ideas for Portland: Cycling Infrastructure
THINK.urban, recently completed the presentation of our various concepts for GOOD Ideas for Cities Portland. The team was one of six, which included Wieden+Kennedy, Ziba, Sincerely Interested, OMFGco, and ADXPortland, all tackling tough ideas. The THINK.urban concepts were developed alongside working alongside our urban leader, BikePortland.org founder Jonathan Maus, who presented the challenge: “Now it’s … Continue reading
New Resource for Design Research
A new book worth exploring that I just heard about is “The Designer’s Guide to Doing Research: Applying Knowledge to Inform Design“ by Sally Augustin and Cindy Coleman and published by Wiley (2012). There is a dearth of resources for designers to conduct and translate researchers, and on the flip side, for researchers to conduct … Continue reading
GOOD Bicycle Transportation
“What we’re missing is a a truly game-changing bikeway that connects a Portland neighborhood to the city center“ Our challenge is set. As one of the creative teams working on the GOOD Ideas for Cities, we are tasked with coming up with the future of bicycle transportation in Portland. As envisioned by our local expert … Continue reading
